Overview
- Provides the latest research results on Japanese population geography including migration and future prospects
- Discusses issues associated with declining birthrate, aging population, and declining population in Japan
- Presents policy implications for dealing with Japan's demographic trends, which will also be helpful for other countries
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies (BRIEFSPOPULAT)
Part of the book sub series: Population Studies of Japan (POPULAT)
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This is the first anthology that conveys in detail the actual situation of population geographies in Japan, a country facing some of the world's most serious demographic trends such as low fertility, population aging, and depopulation. The anthology consists of two volumes with the common title Japanese Population Geographies. All of the included entries are based on original Japanese papers written by leading geographers and published within the past few years, useful for understanding Japan’s current population geographies.
The first volume analyzes the postwar transition of internal migration, examining the structural changes of population in urban areas, and proposes a new measure different from the traditional resident population. This volume also presents an investigation of the retirement migration of baby boomers as well as displacement migration due to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.The second volume’s contents examine the residential choicesof minority populations such as foreign residents and sexual minorities. It also discusses future prospects associated with mono-polar concentration into Tokyo, regional forecasting using population projections based on small-area units, and the importance of a politico–economic perspective in the future research.
Taken as a whole, this anthology offers the following two significant contributions. First, the excellent achievements obtained in Japan, which is experiencing serious demographic trends, reflect key developments within the context of the world's population geography. The second contribution is that the book brings the latest insights and important policy implications to countries that are facing various issues associated with decreasing fertility, aging population, and declining population.
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. Yoshitaka Ishikawa is a professor emeritus of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. He received his D.Litt. in geography from the Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University, in 1994. He is a leading Japanese population geographer who has contributed to international geography through publishing many books and papers on such research topics as internal/international migration and foreign residents as ethnic minorities.
His research activities have also extended to investigating geographical disparities between the Tokyo metropolitan area and the rest of the country. His publications include International migrants in Japan: Contributions in an era of population decline (Trans Pacific Press, 2015) and Ethnic enclaves in contemporary Japan (Springer, 2021). He served on the editorial board of the journal Population, Space and Place (formerly International Journal of Population Geography) for 20 years from 1995. He won the IGU (International Geographical Union) Lauréat d’honneur for the year 2020.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Japanese Population Geographies I
Book Subtitle: Migration, Urban Areas, and a New Concept
Editors: Yoshitaka Ishikawa
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2035-8
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-99-2034-1Published: 14 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-99-2035-8Published: 13 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2211-3215
Series E-ISSN: 2211-3223
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 90
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 7 illustrations in colour
Topics: Demography, Migration, Human Geography, Ecology